Re: Kerala

[Louis N Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 16 Feb 1996, Jeffrey Booth wrote:

>
> Is it just me wondering about this?  Where's Kerala?
>
>                       -- Jeff Booth
>

Kerala is on the east coast of India and has had Communist Party in power
for a long time. It is very poor, but has put through one of the most
thorough-going land reforms in all of Asia. In addition, they have
devoted scarce resources to literacy programs and health care. As a
by-product, they have discovered that the birth rate is lower than it is
in other states in India. All in all, my readings of books and
pamphlets on Kerala leads me to the conclusion that it has a lot in
common with the Sandinista project in Nicaragua. It seems to be a very
*appropriate* model for third world development.


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